WhatsApp Web depends on a persistent connection to my phone, because it routes all messages through it. Does anybody understand why? Similar apps like Hangouts, Skype, etc don't have such requirement.
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Now first of all, sometimes I do want certain Facebook events to appear on my phone, but only if I accept a request. Unfortunately, my phone shows every single event I've ever been invited to, even ...

What's the quickest way to get the mobile version of a site?
I tried the useragentswiter addon in firefox but that is far from quickest. You have to change the useragent, and it's a permanent change ...

I have setup a Google Document to be editable by anyone with the link.
Anonymous edits to this document works as expected on my desktop but when I try to access the edit link from any mobile device, ...

We uploaded several videos to YouTube and have recently found that they are not playing correctly on mobile YouTube. You can hear the music but not the voices. We have tried editing using iMovie and ...

I am traveling quite a bit and due to that, I'm being requested a confirmation code by Google, which requires the use of a mobile phone I am unfortunately unable to use due to differing cell networks ...

When viewing a google docs spreadsheet in a mobile browser you have handy filter buttons at the top. How do I display mobile version of the page in a desktop browser? Preferrably Firefox. Edit: I seek ...

As the title says, my issue is that videos I upload do not play audio on mobile devices but work fine on desktop. I've confirmed this with other users as well, so this is not just a problem with my ...

I'm looking for a free/opensource todo webapp that I can host myself and that provides a good user experience on a phone. I didn't find any for now.
First there were myToDoListPHP by Antonio Lupetti ...

In Google Calendar, on a full screen there are options to reserve rooms. Those same options do not appear (at least by default) when viewing Google Calendar on a mobile phone. Is there a way to enable ...

On the Facebook website it is possible tag friends on your status update—just type @ followed by the first few letters of your friend’s name. The same holds good for any Facebook page you like. But ...

I changed my Hotmail password from the hotmail.com web site. I have a few mobile clients that use Exchange protocols to access Hotmail. When I updated my mobile clients to the new password, they could ...

Is there a way to do Markdown in Trello so that if you click the phone number on a card on the iPhone it will actually call the number?
I just realized that you can use Markdown in order to make URLs ...

I'm looking for a web application to act as personal journal. I don't mean a blog, I mean a personal private place for me and only me.
I tried using a document in Google Docs but the mobile use was ...

Recently, when sending messages on Facebook, I have noticed that the checkmark box next to the "Send to mobile" option is on by default. This happens regardless of how many times I uncheck the box.
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My FB privacy setting allows everyone to see my status update. This works perfectly when I update my FB status using a computer. However, when the update is done via mobile device, it is only visible ...

When I want to look up a word in a dictionary I use the Google dictionary, it offers synonyms and examples, but it's not optimized for mobile web, so it's inconvenient to use.
Could you recommend a ...

I'm working with a team on an educational iPhone app, and one of the proposed features is to have a "ask a question" button, which will let mobile users post a question to an online site. A group of ...

I have 2 different Google Apps accounts that are now full Google accounts plus a Gmail account. Because of this, I have multiple signin enabled. Because of this, I can only use 1 of the accounts at ...

I've installed the Facebook app from Windows Marketplace (v1.1.0.17) And whilst it succeeds at doing an initial retrieval of data, it doesn't appear to be able to update/refresh periodically? Is this ...

Wondering if anyone knows how to make the touch.facebook home page show the most recent items in your news feed. It seems to just show whatever random posts it feels like showing, from minutes ago, or ...

I'm looking for an app that will let me post content to single WordPress post, inserting each new "post" either at the top or bottom of the article, with a timestamp. I know there's already an WP app ...

A long time ago (1999), I had a mobile app called Flash! for Palm OS that I could use to enter multi-line questions and multi-line answers into and then later study them with multiple choice or just ...

it would be useful to be able to check the mobile version of Gmail when my internet speed gets capped. I tried switching my user agent to Iphone 3, but this didn't display properly (appeared in a tiny ...

I'd like to provide a support forum for my mobile app.
Of course many people will be viewing this from a mobile browser and most forum software looks terrible on a mobile interface.
Is anyone aware ...

This weekend I was on a 7h trip and looking for the next favorite restaurant along the route. All had was an android cell phone and a pretty slow internet connection. My first try was the hompage of ...